Convicted murderers strangle killer in prison cell SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 BY AGENCY REPORTER Leave a Comment Two convicted murderers tied up and strangled a killer with a pair of tracksuit bottoms in his jail cell and then made a cup of hot chocolate, a court has heard. Inmates Gary Smith and Lee Newell throttled fellow prisoner Subhan Anwar at HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire on February 14 this year, it was claimed. At their trial, prosecutor Peter Grieves-Smith said Anwar’s body was found after Newell told a prison officer, “He’s gone, he’s with Allah.” One of the defendants is also alleged to have informed prison security staff that Anwar, whose ankles were bound with tape, had been taken hostage because he was bored. Claiming CCTV and DNA evidence proved both defendants were involved in the killing on Delta Wing, the prosecutor alleged they followed Anwar into his cell shortly before 6pm local time. The door of the cell was then closed, Grieves- Smith said, and remained shut until prison officers gained access and found Anwar’s body at about 8.20pm. At about 6.40pm, jurors were told, a call was made from an intercom in the cell to the prison’s security department. Grieves-Smith said: “The caller did not identify himself but what he did say was that they had taken a hostage. “He said words to the effect that he was bored and it was something to do. He then said ‘I’m not joking, I think he is dead’.” Prison staff did not initially know whether the caller was joking, the court heard, and did not seek to force entry to Anwar’s cell, instead talking through the door to those inside. At 7.40pm, the jury heard, a warder looked through an eye-hole in the cell door and saw Anwar, who was motionless, lying face down on his bed.
Posted on: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 06:26:42 +0000